I have always wanted to know who the 98th best team in the country was.
One could probably see this coming after the NCAA took over the NIT and cut the number of teams from 40 to 32. The Post reports that there will be a separate 16-team postseason event. I wonder whether there will be competition for teams between this tourney and the NIT.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111402156.html
gw67
I have always wanted to know who the 98th best team in the country was.
My question exactly...I mean, they don't exactly get a lot of mileage out of the "Who got snubbed?" portion of the NIT selecion show, do they?
I would love to hear the official explanation of this tournament. Fan interest, it seems, will be terribly slim, tempering the usual "$$$" rationale.
Why, oh why do we need this?
Are we sure this didn't come from The Onion?
Maybe it will be some kind of fusion between basketball and American Gladiators, with trap doors that open randomly on the court and pillars of fire that shoot from ceiling downward, scorching any and all in its path.
If they added elements such as those, I'd watch it.
-EarlJam
If you want a good idea, have a 16 team -- or maybe just 8 teams -- tourney that is done with the teams that lose in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tourney. All those clubs that got upset but have high profile players and programs would jump at this.
It would sorta be like a "losers bracket" for the NCAA tourney. That is a great ide!!
--Jason "hmmm, maybe I need to look into this" Evans
Last edited by JBDuke; 11-15-2007 at 05:23 PM. Reason: having to fix typos of a journalism professional is just so sad...
did you ever play the old NES game "Arch Rivals"? . . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Rivals
Also, let's not forget the short-lived "Slamball" on TNN:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slamball
Agreed, but it's already taken by this meddling group of Canadians:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=72799260
-EarlJam
This was even before my time but back in the early days of the NIT, it was viewed as a great opportunity to play at Madison Square Garden and I seem to recall reading that it was scheduled before the NCAA and that it was common for teams to play in both the NIT and NCAA.
The proposed 16-team tourney seems like a bad idea to me but I could see them competing against the NIT for teams.
gw67